Added engraved t.p. Title and imprint vary slightly in v. 12-18

"List of books &c." with each county

"In the earlier volumes [1-6] the letterpress seems to have been mainly Brayley's, while the general editing ... was Britton's."--DNB (under Britton)

Britton and Brayley "practically withdrew from the undertaking (1814) and other writers filled their places."--DNB (under Brayley)

Introduction to the original delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, entitled The beauties of England and Wales. Comprising observations on the history and antiquities ... together with remarks on the progress off ... architecture in succeeding ages by J. Norris Brewer

v.1. Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire, 1801 -- v.2. Cambridgeshire ; Cheshire ; Cornwall, 1801 -- v.3. Cumberland ; Isle of Man ; Derbyshire, 1802 -- v.4. Devonshire ; Dorsetshire, 1804 -- v.5. Durham ; Essex ; Glocestershire, 1803 -- v.6. Hampshire ; Isle of Wight ; Herefordshire, 1805 --v.7. Hertfordshire ; Huntingdonshire ; Kent / by E.W. Brayley, 1808 -- v.8. Kent / by E.W. Brayley, 1808 -- v.9. Lancashire ; Leicestershire ; Lincolnshire / by J. Britton, 1807 -- v.10. Middlesex / by E.W. Brayley, J. Nightingale, J.N. Brewer, 1810-1816. (5 v.) -- v.11. Monmouthshire ; Norfolk ; Northamptonshire / by J. Evans and J. Britton, 1810 -- v.12. pt.1. Northumberland / by J. Hodgson. Nottinghamshire / by F.C. Laird, 1813 --v.12. pt.2. Oxfordshire / by J.N. Brewer. Rutlandshire / by F.C. Laird, 1813 -- v.13. pt.1. Shropshire ; Somersetshire, 1813 -- v.13. pt.2. Somersetshire ; Staffordshire / by J. Nightingale, 1813 -- v.14. Suffolk ; Surrey ; Sussex / by F. Shoberl, 1813 -- v.15. pt.1. Wiltshire / by J. Britton, 1814 -- v.15. pt.2. Warwickshire / by F.C. Laird, 1814 -- v.16. Yorkshire / by J. Bigland, 1812 -- v.17. North Wales / by J. Evans, 1812 -- v.18. South Wales / by T. Rees, 1815

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